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We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart
Published
1 January 2014
Pages
227
ISBN-13
9780385741262
Type
novel
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About this book

Published in 2014 at 227 pages, We Were Liars is E. Lockhart's original novel and the shortest book in this set -- narrated by Cadence Sinclair Eastman, it follows her return to her family's private island after an accident leaves her with amnesia, and it is best read first since its twist depends on going in cold.

Key facts about We Were Liars

We Were Liars is a novel by E. Lockhart. Readers have had it since 2014. It runs to 227 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of We Were Liars. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780385741262 to find the main one.

We Were Liars is book 1 of 3 in the We Were Liars series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

Additionally, E. Lockhart writes Ruby Oliver Quartet as a separate series. Those series sit on our young adult shelf. Meanwhile, The Pools is the latest published E. Lockhart book on file, from 6 October 2026.

About E. Lockhart

E. Lockhart is the pen name of Emily Jenkins (born 1967), an American author best known for young adult fiction, including the bestselling We Were Liars series. Lockhart's breakout early work, the Ruby Oliver Quartet (2005-2010) and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (2008), established her voice for wry, socially sharp contemporary YA before We Were Liars (2014) shifted her into psychological suspense and became a word-of-mouth bestseller. See every E. Lockhart book in order.

Its place in We Were Liars

We Were Liars is book 1 in the We Were Liars series. It is followed by Family of Liars. See the full We Were Liars reading order.

We Were Liars (2014) is E. Lockhart's best-known novel: a psychologically twisty story about Cadence Sinclair Eastman, a teenager from a wealthy, image-obsessed old-money family who spends every summer with her cousins and a family friend, Gat, on the Sinclairs' private island off Massachusetts. After a mysterious accident during her fifteenth summer leaves Cadence with amnesia and chronic migraines, she returns to the island two years later determined to piece together what really happened -- and the novel…

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